Delhi Persian 597 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Tarjumah-i Jātakā bharan

Summary of Contents: An untitled work on astronomy by an anonymous author apparently translated, according to the flyleaf, from a work titled Jātaka bharana

Title: Tarjumah-'i Jātakā bharan

Title: ترجمهٔ جاتکا بهرن

Incipit: شخصی [که] در سال پربهو تولد اثر وی آن بود که مولود هوس بگاه داشتن چیزهای خوب داشته باشد

Explicit: احکام مسطوره اعتبار باید نمود و ما تدری نفس بای ارض تموت ان الله علیم خبیر

Copy defective at both ends.

Contents: bāb 3 (f. 12r); daftar 1 (f. 27r); daftar 2 (f. 60r); daftar 3 (f. 154r); khāṭimah (f. 206v).

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. ii+238+i

Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 161 mm.

Foliation:

Every fifth leaf foliated in pencil.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Worm-eaten, loose leaves; detached binding.

Layout

14 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq tending to nīm-shikastah, copied in black ink, with headings in red.

Additions:

Numerous corrections in text and margins.

Binding

Marbled board binding with paper pastedowns.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 238v).

History

Origin: 17th or 18th century; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859. Administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.

Acquired by the Government of India in 1876

Record Sources

Based on R. Levy's description in "Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III"Mss Eur 207/28, f. 42r. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Subjects

Astrology

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